Hybrid Principal Software Engineer – Advanced Cluster Management

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About the role

  • Principal Software Engineer in Red Hat's Advanced Cluster Management team, leading technical direction and fostering collaboration across global teams. Responsible for scalable distributed systems and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Guide the technical direction and collaborate on architecture for the Advanced Cluster Management team in India, coordinating closely with peers in North America, APAC & EU to ensure cohesive global operations.
  • Act as a technical connector and cultural bridge, facilitating knowledge transfer, creating comprehensive documentation, and preventing the formation of isolated silos.
  • Lead the design and development of scalable, distributed enterprise software using Go (Golang) and cloud-native technologies.
  • Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.
  • Collaborate with engineering managers, product owners, and other architects to align team deliverables with the overarching multicluster fleet management strategy.
  • Mentor and support a newly formed team of engineers, fostering technical excellence, code quality, and a collaborative environment to develop the next generation of technical leaders.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software development experience with an extensive background in designing and building scalable, distributed systems.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to connect, align, and technically guide globally distributed teams across different time zones.
  • Practical experience with Kubernetes is required, along with familiarity in virtualization and/or cluster management, either directly or through the use of platforms like Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM).
  • Proficiency in the Go (Golang) programming language and microservices architectures.
  • Practical understanding of cloud-native development, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and observability practices.
  • A natural technology curiosity and a supportive mindset toward AI tools and frameworks, with the ability to leverage them for problem-solving and code generation.
  • Experience contributing to and leading within open source development communities is considered a plus.
  • Familiarity with DevOps or site reliability engineering (SRE) backgrounds is considered a plus.
  • Direct experience working in or helping establish a "follow-the-sun" operational model is considered a plus.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Principal Software Engineer – Advanced Cluster Management

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Experience level

Lead

Salary

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Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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